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Here are this year's highest paid DJs

Forbes has shared its annual list of the highest paid DJs in the world. For the second straight year, Calvin Harris comes in 1st, earning roughly $66 million. Skrillex a.k.a. Sonny Moore lands at 4th, tying Steve Aoki with $24 million. This marks a $7.5 million increase from Sonny’s 2014 tally.

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Deadmau5, who helped Moore get on his feet in the EDM world, earned around $15 million, which is even less than what the former From First To Last vocalist made in 2014.

Earlier this year, the two ruffled feathers when mau5 called out Skrillex for his collaboration with pop sensation Justin Bieber. Skril later candidly called him an asshole, to which Deadmau5 responded with, “He should have brought that up when I released his first album for him.”

Electronic Cash Kings 2015:

1. Calvin Harris – $66 million
2. David Guetta – $37 million
3. Tiësto – $36 million
4. Skrillex – $24 million
4. (tie) Steve Aoki – $24 million
6. Avicii – $19 million
7. Kaskade – $18 million
8. Martin Garrix – $17 million
8. (tie) Zedd – $17 million
10. Afrojack – $16 million
11. Deadmau5 – $15 million
11. (tie) Diplo – $15 million

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